Device for carrying milk bottles



Sept. 23, 1952 v M. SADECK DEVICE FOR CARRYING MILK BOTTLES Filed Oct.14, 1949 INVENTOR mafia/M44 5:90:04

ATTORNEYS Patented Sept. 23, 1952 nation FOR CARRYING MILK BOTTLESMarshall Sadeck, New Bedford, Mass. Application October 14, 1949, SerialNo. 121,371

2 Claims.

This invention relates to bottle=carrying de=- vices, and moreparticularly to a device for carrying milk bottles.

A main object of the invention is to provide a novel and improvedcarrier for bottles and the like, said carrier being very simple inconstruction, being easy to manipulate, and enabling two bottles to becarried with one hand.

A further object of the invention is to pro:- vide an improved carrierfor milk bottles, said carrier being very inexpensive to manufacture,being sturdy in construction, and allowing two bottles to be comfortablycarried without risk of breakage of the bottles, While employing onehand.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will become apparentfrom the following description and claims, and from the accompanyingdrawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary side elevational view of a pair of milkbottles engaged at their neck portions by the carrying elements of abottle carrier constructed in accordance with the present invention;

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the bottle carrier employed in Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a cross-sectional detail view taken on line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Referring to the drawings, Ii, H designates a pair of milk bottles, saidmilk bottles being engaged at their neck portions by the looped arms I2, l2 of a bottle carrier, designated generally at l3. The carrier i3 ismade up of a single piece of wire of substantial stifiness, said wirebeing bent upwardly at 14, Hi to define a central portion [5 on which ismounted a cylindrical handle It, said handle being freely rotatable onthe wire body portion l 5. The wire portions adjacent the ends are bentinwardly to form the loop elements l2, 12, which form substantiallycomplete circles and which lie in one plane. Adjacent to the terminatingpoints of the loops l2, 12, the end portions of the wire are bentdownwardly as at I! and thence backwardly to provide depending lugs l8,l8. From Figures 1, 2 and 3 it will be apparent that the weight of themilk bottles is supported by the loop members l2, [2, said loop membersbeing maintained in encircling relation with respect to the necks of thebottles by the cooperation of the hook elements I! with the radialstraight portions IQ of the wire body of the carrier.

The wire, although having substantial stiffness, nevertheless issufiiciently resilient to allow the hook elements l1, I! to be slightlyopened up 2 when the bottles are deposited on a table or other supportand the weight is taken off the carrier, the opening up of the hookelements I I, [1 allowing said elements to be flexed out of engagementwith the straight radial portions I9 of the wire and lifted upwardlyabove the portions l9, whereby the loop elements 12 are opened, allowingthe loop elements to be disengaged from the necks of the bottles H, H.The above-described operation is reversed-when it is desired to securethe loop elements 12, i2 to the necks of the milk bottles preparatory-tocarrying said bottles. During use of the device, the resiliency of thehook elements ii, I! maintains the upstandinglug elements it in contactwith the straight radialportions i9, i9, whereby the hook elements l1,I! maintain the loops [2, l2 in a locked condition. The weight of thebottles, acting through the top rims thereof, tends to force theopposing portions of the loop elements I2, I2 apart, whereby the grip ofthe hook elements I! against the radial straight portions IQ of the wireis tightened. It is therefore apparent that the bottles cannot bereleased while being carried, and accidental breakage of said bottles istherefore avoided.

While a specific embodiment of a bottle carrier has been disclosed inthe foregoing description, it will be understood that variousmodifications within the spirit of the invention may occur to thoseskilled in the art. Therefore, it is intended that no limitations beplaced on the invention except as defined by the scope of the appendedclaims.

.What is claimed is:

1. A bottle carrying device comprising a single piece of resilient wirehaving the portion adjacent each end bent inwardly to form a loop in theform of a substantially complete circle with the portion of said wireadjacent the terminating point of said loop being spaced from theadjacent portion of said wire for completely surrounding a bottle neckbelow a projecting collar on the latter, said loops lying in the samehorizontal plane, each end of said wire adjacent to the terminatingpoint of each loop being bent to provide a means engageable with theadjacent portion of said wire when the latter surrounds the bottle neckto thereby close the loop and retain said bottle neck.

2. A bottle carrying device comprising a single piece of resilient wirehaving the portion adjacent each end bent inwardly to form a loop in theform of a substantially complete circle with 3 4 the portion or saidwire adjacent the terminating REFERENCES CITED P of 1 100p spaced fromthe The following references are of record in the Jacent port1on of saidwire for completely surfile of this patent;

rounding a bottle neck below a projecting collar on the latter, saidloops lying in the same hori- 5 UNITED STATES PATENTS zonal plane, eachend of said wire adjacent to Number Name Date the terminating point ofeach loop being bent to 1,013,406 Lawrence J an 2, 1912 provide a lugengageable with the adjacent por- 1,228,348 Morgan May 29, 1917 tion ofsaid wire when the latter surrounds the 1,411,695 Hackett Apr. 4, 1922bottle neck to thereby close the loop and retain 10 1, 6 Brautigam July1922 said bottleneck, and a handlerotatably sup-- 2,212,237 Jenkins Aug.20, 1940 ported on said wire intermediate said loops. 2,288,358 JenkinsJune 30, 1942 2,301,167 Cosme Nov. 3, 1942 MARSHALL SADECK. ,2,398,948Martinez Apr. 23, 1946

